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Summary: "With a career, a boyfriend, and a loving family, Piper Kerman barely resembles the reckless young woman who delivered a suitcase of drug money ten years ago. But that past has caught up with her. Convicted and sentenced to fifteen months at the infamous federal correctional facility in Danbury, Connecticut, the well-heeled Smith College alumna is now inmate #11187-424-- one of the millions of...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Media, Inc. 2012
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 365.43 KERSummary: "Dogs on the Inside follows the relationships between abused stray dogs and prison inmates working towards a second chance at a better life. In an attempt to re-build their confidence and prepare for a new life outside, these prisoners must first learn to handle and care for a group of neglected strays. This heart-warming story reconfirms the timeless connection between man and dog, showing the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DOGSummary: In 2003 author Wally Lamb published a collection of essays by the students in his writing workshop at the maximum-security York Correctional Institution, Connecticut's only prison for women. Writing, Lamb discovered, was a way for these women to confront painful memories, face their fears and their failures, and begin to imagine better lives. One critic described the book as "gut-tearing tales...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.8 I'LLContents: I. When I was a child : Florida memories / Bonnie Jean Foreshaw -- Kidnapped / Robin Ledbetter -- Shhh, don't tell / Deborah Ranger -- In the mood / "Savannah" -- Tinker bell / Brendalis Medina -- One Saturday morning / Chasity C. West -- II. Gifts my family gave me : The captain / Kathleen Wyatt -- A brother's gift / Jennifer Rich -- The rainbow ring / Carmen Ramos -- Pictures of a daughter,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harperluxe 2007